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<h2 id="reception-and-charts">Reception and charts</h2> Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Alex Henderson in his review for <a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a> defined the Japanese album "well worth searching for" for every metalhead, comparing the songs of Show-Ya to the works of <a href="/facts/Ozzy_Osbourne/n3C09vAL">Ozzy Osbourne</a>, <a href="/facts/Iron_Maiden/rRkkH4lF">Iron Maiden</a>, <a href="/facts/Heart_(band)/nwr342ec">Heart</a> and <a href="/facts/Lita_Ford/1FWGvz3e">Lita Ford</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number three in the national charts (<a href="/facts/Oricon/MG3yvbdP">Oricon</a> chart).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, while the second single "Watashi wa Arashi" (私は嵐) was the best-selling CD single of the band, reaching position No. 12 in the Oricon single chart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <ol><li>"Out of Limits" <i>(Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō)</i> – 3:09</li> <li>"Look at Me!" <i>(Show-Ya, <a href="/facts/Keiko_Terada/w72Q0nRN">Keiko Terada</a> & Andō)</i> – 5:11</li> <li>"Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) <i>(Terada & Igarashi, Andō)</i> – 3:59</li> <li>"Trouble" <i>(Terada, Andō)</i> – 4:06</li> <li>"Yasei no Bara" (野性の薔薇) <i>(Igarashi, Andō)</i> – 5:31</li> <li>"Inori" (祈り) <i>(Terada, Terada & Andō)</i> – 4:37</li> <li>"Kaigenrei no Machi – Cry for the Freedom" (戒厳令の街 ／Cry for the Freedom) <i>(Miki Nakamura, Andō)</i> – 4:52</li> <li>"Bad Boys" <i>(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Andō)</i> – 3:58</li> <li>"Watashi Wa Arashi" (私は嵐) <i>(Terada, Andō)</i> – 4:05</li> <li>"Paranoia Paradise" <i>(Senba & Tsunoda, Andō)</i> – 3:19</li> <li>"Battle Express" <i>(Igarashi, Andō)</i> – 4:31</li></ol> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <h3>Band members</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Keiko_Terada/w72Q0nRN">Keiko Terada</a> – vocals</li> <li>Miki Igarashi – guitars</li> <li>Miki Nakamura – keyboards</li> <li>Satomi Senba – bass</li> <li>Miki Tsunoda – drums</li></ul> <h3>Production</h3> <ul><li>Atsuhiro Sakamoto – engineer</li> <li>Toshimi Naseki – assistant engineer</li> <li>Paul Wertheimer – mixing at <a href="/facts/Cherokee_Studios/QaMzPu32">Cherokee Studios</a>, Hollywood, California</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernie_Grundman/yr6TAykK">Bernie Grundman</a> – mastering</li> <li>Masanori Sasaji – arrangements</li> <li>Yoshihiko Andō – lyrics</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://show-ya.jp/biography/">Show-Ya discography</a> (in Japanese)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caREvw_Xg4A&feature=BFa&list=UUBWgkwXuc4iw8jAMlxEl-zg">"Genkai Lovers" video clip</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05cUoS_jQg">"Watashi Wa Aarashi" video clip</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"RIAJ Searchable Database: search for September 1989". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 6 August 2018. <a href="http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html" target="_blank">http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Show-Ya - Outerlimits". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010. <a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=199179" target="_blank">http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=199179</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Henderson, Alex. "Show-Ya Outerlimits". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2011. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/outerlimits-r425469/review" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/outerlimits-r425469/review</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Henderson, Alex. "Show-Ya Outerlimits". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2011. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/outerlimits-r425469/review" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/outerlimits-r425469/review</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2014. <a href="ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのアルバム売り上げランキング" target="_blank">ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのアルバム売り上げランキング</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのシングル売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2014. <a href="ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのシングル売り上げランキング" target="_blank">ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのシングル売り上げランキング</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>